People

Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.

Board of Directors

Sarah Nicoli, Chair
Tim Petersen, Vice Chair
Mark Clague, Secretary
Lisa D. Cook, Treasurer

Karen Bantel
Rachel Bendit
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Christopher Conlin
Monique Deschaine
Tiffany L. Ford
Alec Gallimore
Katherine Goldberg
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Timothy B. Johnson
Barbara Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy Lynch
Timothy G. Marshall
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Rob VanRenterghem
Brian Willen

Ex-officio Members:

Stephen R. Forrest, Past Chair
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Martin Philbert, Provost, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools

Representatives to the Board:

Zita Gillis, UMS Ambassadors Chair
Tom Kinnear, UMS Sustaining Directors
Bruce Tuchman, UMS National Council Co-Chair

Ambassadors

If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.

Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.

Zita Gillis, Chair
Elena Snyder, Vice Chair
Kirsten Williams, Secretary
Patti McCloud, Treasurer
Bill Shell, Past Chair

Lone Andersen
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Corry Berkooz
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Annemarie Kilburn Dolan
Sharon Peterson Dort
Rey Goicochea
Joan Grissing
Stephanie Hale
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Carol D. Kaplan
Nancy Karp
Cathy King
Susan Krueger
Michael Lee
Linda Fink Levy
Gloria K. Lewis
Laura Machida
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Terry Meerkov
Julie Picknell
Kathy Rich
Jill Ross
Barbara Rusch
Andrew Schneider
Pam Tabbaa
Janet Torno
Deanne Woodruff
Wendy K. Zellers

National Council

Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor

Bruce Tuchman, Co-Chair
New York

Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
New York

Andrew Bernstein
New York

Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor

Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York

Kathleen Charla
San Diego

Jacqueline Davis
New York

Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach

Sophie Delphis
New York

Janet Eilber
New York

Barbara G. Fleischman
New York

Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills

Katherine Hein
Boston

Patti Kenner
New York

Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix

Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido

David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York

Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Ann Arbor

Bridget M. McCormack and Steven P. Croley
Ann Arbor

Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor

Caroline Nussbaum
New York

Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York

James Read
Stamford

Peter Schweitzer
Ann Arbor and Arizona

James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor

Christian Vesper
New York

Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor

Sarah Nicoli
Ann Arbor
Ex-Officio

We also acknowledge the service of Charles Hamlen and Eugene Grant, who both served on the National Council and passed away in 2018.